Photographic camera.



'0. BORNMANN. PHOTOGRAPHIG CAMERA.

APPLICATION FILED JAILIZ, 1912.

Patented July 23, 1912.

v UNITED STATES ri rnnr onrion CARL 'BORNMANN, 0F BINGHAMTON', NEW FORK,ASSIGNOR T0 ANSCO COMPANY, OF

I BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK.

PHOTOGEAPHIC CAMERA.

Application filed January 12, 1912.

Specification of Letters Patent.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL BORNMANN, a

citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Binghamton,county of Broome, State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Photographic Cameras, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

It is the purpose of this invention to provide a support for cameras,particularly those of the co-called folding or collapsing variety,adapted to sustain the same without the use of a tripod during themaking of time exposures. Various devices for this purpose are now uponthe market, but, so far as I know, they have all, been attached to .andsupported by the folding front bo trd of the camera, and it has beenfound that since the front board after considerable use becomes somewhatloose in its connection with the camera body, owing to wear or lostmotion in the braces and hinges which connect the front board to thecamera body, that slight motion or trembling of the camera during timeexposures is liable to occur, owing to air drafts or to shocks or jarswhich agitate the tatie or other structure upon which the camera rests,thus occasioning defective exposures.

It is the purpose, therefore, of this present invention to so constructand arrange the supporting devices as to do away with the above statedobjections and in addition to provide means whereby the camera may betilted forwardly or backwardly, as may be necessary to more perfectlysecure the desired exposure.

In the drawings, Figure 1 illustrates an elevation of the front of afolding camera, the front board and the support being bo h folded; Fig.2 illustrates a side elevaticn, the front board being lowered, and thesupport in position for use; l"? illustrates an elevation of that whichshown in F 1g 2 taken from beneath; Fig. & illustrates a side elevationof a camera embodying a modified construction, the front board beinglowered; Fig. 5 illustrates a front elevation ofthat which is shown inFig. 4, the parts being closed; Fig. 6 illustrates an elevation of thatwhich is shown in Fig. a tahenfrom beneath.

Referring firstto Figs. 1, 2 and 3, 1 represents the camera body, 2 thefolding front board, 3 the braces for the front board, i one of thefixed journals for one of the spools, 5 the strap or similar handle bywhich the Patented July 23, 1912.

camera may be carried, and (5 the hinges by which the front board issupported to the camera body. These parts are ormay be of any preferredconstruction. 7 is a strip or bar of relatively stiff material,preferably metal, which is hinged at 8 to the body of the camera. 9' isabrace bar, hinged at" 10 to the strip 7. 11 is a fiat spring, one endof which is riveted,'as at 12, to the strip'T.

13 is a metallic plate set in a recess in'th'e under side of the foldingfront boardfwhich has a series of holes 14, 1%,made in it. 15 is a latchpivoted at 16 to the folding front board.

The operation of the devices thus far de- 3 scribed is as follows: \Yhennot in use. the brace bar 9 is folded down upon top of the" spring 11and then the strip carrying the, spring 11 and the brace bar 9'withit-,is

folded up against the front board. doing, these parts enter the recessmade therein for them, so that the outer" surface of the strip 7 issubstantially fiushwith thesurface of the front board and they are heldin this position by turning the latch 15 from the position shown inFigs. 2 and 3, to

that shown in Fig. 1, so that the end of the" In so lat-ch will overlapthe end of the strip 7 and hold it in place. When itis'desire'd'to makea time exposure, the latch is released,'

as shown in Fig. 2, and the upper'end of the parts '7, 9 and 11 arefolded outwardly, o

the brace bar 9 entered into oneortheother of the series of holes 14:made in the metal-@- lic strip 13.

This series of holes'i's provided, so that if there should be anylooseness of the joints connecting the foldingfront board with thecamera body, the brace bar 9 may be entered into such one 0f;"

these holes as will compensate for theresulting lost motion and thedimensions'bof V the parts are such as to provide for this re=- sult. Itwill be readily seen also that byiloeating the end of the brace bar '9 ipropriate holes 14, the camera body "may intentionally tilted forwardlyor frea so made that when the brace bar 9 is vertical or nearly so, thecamera will be tilted rearwardly and when the brace bar is inclined thecamera will tilt over forwardly until arrested by the bar.

wardly, because the parts are, or may be Referring now to Figs. 4:, 5and 6, a c nstruction. similar to that shown in the other figures isillustrated in them. hen in se, however, this support has no connectionwhatever with the front board. In this con-- 'struction 17 is thesupport proper. it is a strip or bar of relatively stiff metal hinged at18 to the body of the camera and is provided with slot 19 in which worksa brace bar 20 pivoted at 21 to the body of the camera, and having a twopointed cross piece 22 on its end, the points being shown at 28, 23.They are adapted to enter holes 2-1 made in the support 17 and to beadjusted in such of these holesas is necessary to secure the desiredresult. 25 is a latch similar to the latch 15 above described, whichfastens the parts in position when not in use. The other parts of thestructure shown in Figs. 4., 5 and G are numbered the same as thesimilar parts in Figs. 1, 2 and 3.

The operation of the parts shown in Figs. 4, 5 and 6 is substantiallythe same as that of the parts shown in the other figures, that is tosay, the latch 25 being released, the support bar 17 is swung downwardlyinto the position shown in Fig. 4 and the points or pins on the ends ofthe cross piece '22 of the brace bar 20 are entered into such of theholes 24: in the support bar 17 as will give the desired position to thecamera. In the position shown in'- Fig. 4, the exposure will be made onthe focal center. H the brace bar engaged with the holes nearer the freeend of the support bar 17, then the camera will be tilted rearwardly;if, on the other hand, it is entered into holes 24 which are nearer thehinge 18, the camera will be tilted forwardly. When the parts 17, 20,are folded back against the front board, the cross piece on the end ofthe brace bar 20 will. slide through the slot 19 made in the support 17and be securely held in position, as shown in Fig. 5.

It will be noted that inasmuch as the strip 7 of Figs. 1, 2 and 3 andthe support 17 of Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are hinged directly to the body ofthe camera and not to the front board and since the brace bar 9 in Figs.1, 2, and 3, is adapted to adjustable engagement with the folding frontboard, and the brace bar 20 in Figs. 4, 5, and 6, is hinged directly tothe camera body and is likewise adapted to adjustable engagement withthe bar 17, that I not only secure unusual stability in the support ofthe camera but also the additional advantage that the camera may betilted forwardly or rearwardly, as the operator may desire, andparticularly since the supporting devices are each braced by a co-actingpart, 6., the bar 9 and the bar 20, that the supporting structure isstrong and reliable. I

t w ll be obvious to those who are familiar With :.-ilCh matters thatmodifications may be made in the details of construction withoutdeparting from the essentials of the invention. I therefore do not limitmyself to the details as illustrated and described.

I claim:

1. In a folding camera, a folding front board, a support for the camera,embodying two members, one hinged directly to the camera body and theother connected to the first and adapted to act as a brace therefor, andmeans on the folding front board to hold the members composing thesupport in position when the camera is folded.

2. In a folding camera, a folding front board, a support for the cameraembodying two members, one hinged directly to the camera body and theother movably connected to the first and adapted to act as a bracetherefor and as an adjuster forthe position of the camera, and means onthe folding front board to hold the support members in position when thecamera is folded.

3. A support for a folding camera composed of two parts which areconnected together for the support of the camera, and which are adaptedto be folded relative to each other when the camera is not in use andwhen projected to adjustably supportthe camera.

1. A. folding camera having a folding front board adapted to beprojected and held at right angles to the body of the camera and asupport for the camera embodying two members, one hinged directly to thecamera body and the other movably and foidably connected to the firstand adapted to act as a brace therefor and to support the camera.

5. A folding camera having a folding front ard adapted to be projectedand held ri ht angles to the body of the camera and a support for thecamera embodying two members movably connected together and adapted whenin use each to brace the other and to adjust-ably support the camera.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEo. W. Tormrr, A. DEICHELMANN.

